"You seem to think that being far from home makes him blind to the changes done to it," he said lightly, looking around him and at the colorful tapestries decorating the grand hall. "Yet it is my belief that the longer one stays away from home, the more one seeks to surround himself with the familiar, and the more one sees the changes done to them." He glanced at her before continuing, "That he has not said anything against you is a silent testament to your skill, and his great love for you."